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bobg2007
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Cannot remove Dead Paths....Error: Unable to scan adapters for VMFS

Hi, Some Luns were removed from our storage however VCenter Server is still seeing them( although the paths are listed as dead).

If I try to do a rescan from the command line I get the following;

[root@esx ~]# esxcfg-rescan vmhba2

Error: Unable to scan adapters for VMFS

I get the following from vmkfstools

root@esx ~# vmkfstools -V

Failed scanning adapter 'vmfs-only' : Address temporarily unmapped

Error: Opaque service console status

If I tail -f /var/log/vmkernel I get the following errors repeated constantly

Apr 25 19:37:05 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:31.775 cpu7:4223)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceAttemptFailover: Retry world failover device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11" - issuing command 0x4100082283c0

Apr 25 19:37:05 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:31.775 cpu7:4223)WARNING: vmw_psp_rr: psp_rrSelectPath: Could not select path for device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11".

Apr 25 19:37:05 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:31.775 cpu7:4223)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceAttemptFailover: Retry world failover device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11" - failed to issue command due to Not found (APD), try again...

Apr 25 19:37:05 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:31.775 cpu7:4223)WARNING: NMP: nmp_DeviceAttemptFailover: Logical device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11": awaiting fast path state update...

Apr 25 19:37:06 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:32.774 cpu5:4259)WARNING: vmw_psp_rr: psp_rrSelectPathToActivate: Could not select path for device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11".

Apr 25 19:37:06 esx03 vmkernel: 11:20:41:32.774 cpu5:4259)NMP: nmp_DeviceUpdatePathStates: Activated path "NULL" for NMP device "naa.6006016020bd1900ad2ead2c16f0de11".

Any ideas?

Thanks in Advance

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chilow
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Did you try masking the deivces on the ESX server and then doing a rescan?

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=1009449&sl... 0 82835207

-C

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